Indigenous Peoples' Self-Determination
Alta Outcome Document WCIP 2014
Indigenous Peoples have the right to live according to their worldview, principles and beliefs. They have sovereignty over their land, food, water and resources.
Implementation of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Alta Outcome Document WCIP 2014
States should work with indigenous communities to ensure that national laws reflect the rights of Indigenous Peoples as laid out in the UN Declaration on the rights of Indigenous Peoples.
El derecho de autodeterminación de pueblos indígenas
Los pueblos indígenas tienen el derecho para vivir de acuerdo con su visión del mundo, sus principios y creencias. Tienen la soberanía sobre sus tierras, comida, agua y recursos.
Implementación de los derechos de pueblos indígenas
Los estados deben trabajar con las comunidades indígenas para asegurarse que las leyes nacionales reflejan los derechos de la gente indígena como los que contienen en la Declaración de los Naciones Unidas de los derechos de los pueblos indígenas.
Alta WCIP - Self Determination
Alta Outcome Document, produced from the Global Indigenous Preparatory Conference at the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples in Alta, Norway on 10–12 June 2013
L'auto-détermination des peuples autochtones
Les peuples autochtones ont le droit de vivre selon leur vision du monde, leurs principes et leurs croyances. Ils ont la souveraineté sur leur terre, leur nourriture, leur eau et leurs ressources.
Самоопределение Коренных Народов
Spots on Alta Outcome Document - Russian (pу́сский)
Indigenous Peoples have the right to live according to their worldview, principles and beliefs. They have sovereignty over their land, food, water and resources.
Соблюдение Прав Коренных Народов
Spots on Alta Outcome Document - Russian (pу́сский)
States should work with indigenous communities to ensure that national laws reflect the rights of Indigenous Peoples as laid out in the UN Declaration on the rights of Indigenous Peoples.
UN Special Rapporteur Vicky Tauli-Corpuz Finds Inadequate Consultation Process in Honduras
Vicky Tauli-Corpuz, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, says she has found an inadequate process of consultation with Indigenous communities on the part of the national government during her visit to Honduras, where she was recently invited for a working visit to comment on a draft of a law regulating Free, Prior and Informed Consent. Indigenous Hondurans do not feel that they were adequately consulted on the content of the law. Further, the law does not meet widely accepted international standards of F.P.I.C.
Decolonize Justice Systems! An Interview With Dine' Lawyer Michelle Cook
In many Indigenous communities, dual justice systems operate in tandem: the European system, a colonial imposition characterized by hierarchical, punitive, written codicies, and the Indigenous system, which is often based in tradition and holistic in nature.
Human Rights Lawyer Michelle Cook (Dine') elaborates on the interactions between these two systems, and explains how communities can use the language of human rights to challenge the colonial legal system imposition in order to gain a seat at the table as independent nations with internationally recognized justice systems.
"Our sacred objects are not to be hung on walls for decoration"
Indigenous Rights Radio Producer Avexnim Cojtí Ren investigates the movement to repatriate sacred objects, remains, and cultural patrimony taken without consent from Indigenous Peoples by governments, collectors, and individuals. Concepts of ownership, histories of oppression, methods of legal recourse, and recent examples of repatriation attempts all play an important role in the prospects for the return of heritage items to Indigenous Peoples.